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Proverbs 2:1-5 KJV
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

I was struck this morning with the action words of this passage.
Receive
Hide
Incline
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Criest
Liftest up thy voice
Seekest
Searchest
Our walk with God is by faith and not by sight, but it is still a walk. We are not to sit down and vegetate. In fact, this passage makes the Christian walk sound very active and aggressive.

We have two opposing but equally damning dangers in the Christian faith;
One is to place all the effort on the shoulders of man. We assume control of our faith. We put forth our best efforts and expect God to bless them. We are the gods and God only exists to aid us in our plans.

Second is to become dormant in the faith. If God does not do it for Himself it will not get done. He is the supposed sovereign, let Him see to it! We only wish for Him to make us comfortable on our bed of atrophy.

In either case, man has set himself up as God.

The Word of God allows us to see that God has a plan. Our place is not to try to get God to bless us in the working of our plan but that we involve ourselves in doing His will for our lives and allow Him to bless us as He sees fit in it.